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Alternative medication for recurring dangerous diseases such as cancer, stroke or neuro-
degenerative syndrome right now becoming a trend in community, especially for the elderly. One
among them that are very often to be used as an alternative solution is acupuncture. Acupuncture
or in western medical term called by Analgesia Acupuncture (AA) is a traditional Chinese
medicine which use needle as the main equipment. This method us needle, and those needle were
pinned in the acupuncture point along the body the stimulate the releasing of analgesic compound
that make the body relax, reducing pain and of course make the body feel more healthy. The use
of acupuncture needle also affected receptors -especially mechanoreceptors- which increase the
sensitivity of the receptors that are located in the acupuncture points. Mechanoreceptor are one of
the main sensory receptor which is sensitive with mechanic force such as stress or strain in the
skin surfaces. As same as another receptors, the sensitivity of mechanoreceptor will decreasing
analogous with the increasing of the age. This thing was the main factor which is make the elderly
often suffered with an abnormality in the sensitivity of the mechanoreceptors for a stimulus and it
is connected with the back pain. Not only reducing the pain, AA also affect the mechanoreceptors
sensitivity. With AA the elderly will have the more sensitive mechanoreceptors that are also impact
the elderly healthiness that actually had a decreasing in the mechanoreceptors sensitivity.